Fingers point when fair play turns foul
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Sharp arguments to parry brutal cuts
Women, Law and Human Rights
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A case for war outside the law
Legitimacy in International Society
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Tutors in despair at illiterate freshers
Undergraduates are entering university less numerate, literate and knowledgeable than ever before, according to the most comprehensive study undertaken of how university admissions staff view the...
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Students, think twice before you tick us off
It is a delicate balance universities must strike: how to encourage students to complete student satisfaction surveys while at the same time not prejudicing the outcome. It is a predicament that...
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'Soas is so aware it is good internationally, it has not put so much in locally'
Paul Webley is keen to put local links on to Soas's international agenda when he becomes its principal Paul Webley, deputy vice-chancellor of Exeter University, will take over as principal of the...
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On the move...
* Louise Merrett has been appointed Lovells lecturer in law at Cambridge University. She is currently a college teaching officer as well as director of studies in law at Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Newby attacks funding system
Former Hefce chief claims student-support package is 'socially regressive', Lee Elliot Major reports Government support for students and universities is unsustainable, unfair and unrealistic,...
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Beware of the charmer bearing flowers
If your charming boyfriend or husband sometimes seems too good to be true - chances are he is, according to research by Bolton University. Chris Kirkman, senior lecturer in health and social studies...
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'Hounding' could lead to another David Kelly case
An academic whose work was rubbished by the Government has warned ministers they risk another David Kelly suicide if they persist in "hounding" critics at universities. Simon Davies, a visiting...
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Next week
Labour pains We reveal the inside story of the difficult birth of the new academics' super trade union, the 120,000-strong University and College Union
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Rules hurt new blood,say liberal arts staff: RAE 2008 countdown
The ground rules for the 2008 research assessment exercise will unfairly penalise new academics in the humanities, it was claimed this week. The rules, unveiled by the funding councils last week,...
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Researcher gets into the spin at 80
An 80-year-old academic has created two spin-off companies from the results of experiments he conducted over almost four decades, writes Jessica Shepherd. Colin Caro, emeritus professor in...
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Government agrees to release details of visa regime
The Government this week promised universities more details of its proposed visa reforms, which institutions fear will damage overseas recruitment. Ministers have agreed to release details of the new...
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5* team crosses city to join rival
Sheffield Hallam University has netted a department of top-rated sport science researchers from neighbouring Sheffield University, just days before the start of the Winter Olympics in Italy....